An interesting article by Warren Richey about whether the Supremes will "trim" the appalling Military Commissions Act. My guess, as Richey suggests, is that the Court will do pretty much nothing--Kennedy invited Congress to act, and it did. These kinds of interactions between courts and...
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Via Matt Weiner, it looks like the fine folks of Kansas are about to tell Phil "He's What's the Matter With Kansas" Kline that his "services" shall no longer be.
I think there's a lot of truth to what Matt says here. All I would add is that in the House, where the Democrats have the best shot, the structural.
Amanda Marcotte calls our attention to this excellent piece by Stacy Schiff, who debunks claims that Susan B. Anthony was a supporter of abortion bans. I find it particularly interesting because Anthony was able to ask questions about whether abortion bans actually accomplish anything even...
Pithlord attempts to answer the unanswerable question of how people can believe that abortion is a serious criminal offense, but that the person most responsible for the act should be.
About this awful HufPost article, Feministing collectively says all that needs to be said, with an Abstract Nonsense chaser. But it makes one useful contribution--pushing Ann Althouse to a level.
A homerun on an 0-2 pitch to...Jeff Suppan? Christ, he's terrible. (But at least he's a quick worker!) Obviously, a long way to go, but...Alas, for coverage of Game 2, you'll have to turn to Roy--in a shocking betrayal of every principle I've ever stood...
Not surprisingly, the recent Lancet study has lead to a plague of unremitting hackdom. One of these hacks, however, has proudly claimed his rightful title. I give him points for.
In response to my claim that the exemption of women from punishment under laws banning abortion is fatally incoherent, a commenter here (as a TAPPED commenter did earlier) invokes Ronald.
In response to this post, one Seth Edenbaum--who seems to think that his silly point is such an astounding insight that he cut and pasted it to another post (with some Lee Siegelesque rants about yuppies and Willaimsburg) --says:The issue is not one of internal...
Admittedly, when it comes to illogic on the part of supporters of criminalized abortion, the rape and incest exemptions are relatively small potatoes. What really gives away the show is.
To people who saw this and know I work on the Upper East Side, 1)I'm fine, and 2)although I can see the helicopters out the window I have no particular.